“That’s how competitive we are trying to be, but those are the players we want. We want the players that might make a difference to this run-in.

“We don’t really just want another player who is just going to add to what we have got and not be that much better.

“We are always looking to get that momentum.

“But at the same time we have to remember that relative continuity and consistency of the team [that] has won more games than it’s lost.

“You are not looking to continually add just for the sake of it.

“We have not brought just numbers into the club, we have tried to bring players of good quality, Morrison is an excellent player, Lloyd Dyer was chased by quite a umber of clubs, Rob Kiernan showed his quality on Saturday.

“These players are a sign of what we are trying to do at the club long-term.”

Blues have missed out on Graham Dorrans, who went to Norwich, Lewis McGugan who decided late in the January window to join Sheffield Wednesday and Wolves attacker Bjorn Sigurdarson.